Heroesinbooks's Reviews > Shattered Sea

4.5 Laiken and Boden Stars

My musical muse for this book is Easy by Jess Glynne.

This excellent series continues with Book 4 which is the first one not to focus on one of the Easton siblings. This novel focuses on Laiken who is a friend of the siblings - she went to school with Shiloh although she has a closer connection - not at all romantic- with Hayes. Laiken works at the art gallery and also has a talent of her own. I liked her character very much. She's been through hell and back and has the scars both physically and emotionally. She's resilient but there's a gentleness about her too.



Boden is new in Wolf Gap and has come to town to research for an upcoming film he is producing and starring in. Boden is Hollywood royalty and is learning what he can from the local horse whisperer , Ramsey Bishop. It causes quite the stir when he arrives in town but from the first time he meets her , Boden only has eyes for Laiken.



I have to be honest here and say that dead exes are a trope that can often put me off reading a book , or at least very wary of it. In this case , both of the MC's have lost a partner. Laiken lost her high school sweetheart when she was 18/19 and a decade has now passed. Boden lost his girlfriend six months earlier but they had been drifting apart for a period of time. I think I was not bothered about the dead exes in this novel because it truly felt like both Laiken and Boden had left them in the past. They both would always have a love for who they lost but it was a young , innocent love and the implication is that neither would have likely stood the test of time. Laiken is definitely the character who is more wary of pursuing anything but ultimately the heart wins and these two fall hard for each other.

This is a romantic suspense and there is a good dose of drama. It definitely had me turning the pages although I had a strong suspicion of who was to blame for the gruesome shenanigans playing out in Wolf Gap.

You could easily read this book as a standalone but you'd probably get more out of the finer points if you read in order and it's an excellent series that pulls you in from the start.

I am diving straight into Fractured Sky which is the fifth book about Shiloh and Ramsey. Now, he definitely has my kindle heart invested in his story...

HEA? Yes
Cheating? No

I read the ebook and listened to the audiobook. Excellent narration by Ava Erickson and Sebastian York.